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What It’s Like To Use Apple Vision Pro On A Plane – View from the Wing

What it might really change is air travel, or at least how we enjoy air travel. No more tiny screens. No more need for screens at all, that the passenger in the row in front of you might crush when they recline their seat.
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I Got Yelled At By A Hyatt Manager For The First Time – View from the Wing

I never ask for very much and I rarely ever complain. I certainly never ask for special treatment. I would rather experience hotels the same way everyone else does, at least the way other frequent travelers earning elite status do. I am never rude to hospitality staff. When they're having a bad day, I try to empathize and joke with them about it. I'm far more self-effacing than demanding. So I've never experienced this before.
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RANT: Airports Have Become Every Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Show Come To Life – View from the Wing

Airports started out close to the city center but the need to expand for more travel and bigger jets, combined with NIMBYism of local residents, pushed airports out to the exurbs. Entire cities built up around the commerce of the destination airport, from shopping to dining in newly planned communities. The aerotropolis was born. But far from the futuristic vision of perfection, there's a darker side.
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Several Fish Commit Credit Card Fraud While Playing A Video Game – View from the Wing

One of the most common ways to commit credit card fraud is by creating a synthetic identity. When the fraud is discovered it's tough to go after anyone, because the cardmember doesn't exist! But credit card fraud has become so easy that it can be done by a fish. In fact, that actually happened.